Center Ossipee vs Melvin Village

A side-by-side comparison of Center Ossipee and Melvin Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Center Ossipee and Melvin Village are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Center Ossipee has the higher population (500 vs 320 in Melvin Village). Melvin Village has the higher median household income ($120,250 vs $43,929 in Center Ossipee). Melvin Village has the higher median home value ($423,900 vs $240,000 in Center Ossipee).

Population, income & housing

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
Population	500	320
Median age	33.7 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,929	$120,250
Median home value	$240,000	$423,900
Median gross rent	$1,551	—
Housing units	320	296
Homeownership rate	33.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
Population	522 → 500 (-4.2%)	151 → 320 (+111.9%)
Median household income	$24,575 → $43,929 (+78.8%)	$87,188 → $120,250 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $240,000 (+140.5%)	$395,600 → $423,900 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$422 → $1,551 (+267.5%)	—

Center Ossipee

Population

522500

Median household income

$24,575$43,929

Median home value

$99,800$240,000

Median gross rent

$422$1,551

Melvin Village

Population

151320

Median household income

$87,188$120,250

Median home value

$395,600$423,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	37.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	23.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	20.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	0.8%	52.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	0.0%
75 and over	3.6%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
No high school diploma	30.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	3.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	57.2%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
Drove alone	100.0%	74.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	26.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
1-unit, detached	29.4%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	52.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Center Ossipee	Melvin Village
Poverty rate	16.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1973	1966